Donbas.Realities
They can make apartment blocks collapse like a house of cards. In Ukraine, Russia's use of air-dropped bombs equipped with glide kits and precision-guidance systems has brought staggering destruction to civilian areas. These weapons can glide for up to 60 kilometers before striking with devastating force. Together with various other artillery, tanks, and drones, their impact is evident across Ukraine.
Everywhere Russia has reached with this type of bomb, apocalyptic scenes have followed. Entire neighborhoods have been reduced to rubble, schools and hospitals flattened, and communities erased.
In Chasiv Yar, once home to more than 10,000 people, Russian forces reached the outskirts in May 2024 -- but the damage began long before that. Drone footage shows buildings collapsing under bombardment, with hospitals and key industrial sites destroyed. Apartment blocks are now hollowed-out shells.
Toretsk, a city of 36,000, has seen similar devastation. After months of Russian advances, apartment buildings, churches, and schools now lie in ruins. Streets once filled with life, like Druzhby and Lisova, are lined with the remains of shattered homes and public buildings.
In the border city of Vovchansk, Russian forces opened a new front in Spring 2024. Though Ukrainian armed forces repelled the assault, the city did not escape destruction. Glide bombs and shelling reduced apartment blocks to smoking husks. Schools, kindergartens, and even the central library were hit, with walls blown apart. Entire structures collapsed.
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